PAPER-2 GENRAL ABILITY TEST

Part-A (English)
Directions (No. 1-8) Each of the following (c) Lengthy
items consists of a sentence followed by (b) Concise
a word or group of words. You are (d) Emotional
required to answer the Synonym of the 7. The purpose of the meeting was to
word (in bold letters) as per the context. revitalize the moribund organization.
1. UAE seems to have changed its attitude (a) Closed
to terrorists that augur well for India. (b) Newly opened
(a) Portends (c) Government controlled
(b) predict (d) Dying
(c) Records 8. His predictable approach reflects his
(d) Suggest jejune opinion.
2. Every number has been given an (a) dull
esoteric meaning. (b) Mature (c) Aggressive (d) Biased
(a) Clear Directions (Q. No. 9-16) Each of the
(b) New following items consists of a word or
(c) Mystical group of words. You are required to
(d) Vague answer the Antonym of the word given
3. He succumbed to the prolonged lung in capital letters.
disease. 9. CAPACIOUS
(a) Surrender (a) Limited
(b) Suffered (b) Caring
(c) Overcome (c) Foolish
(d) acquired (d) Changeable
4. His death has left the family in utter 10. PROVOCATION
penury. (a) Vocation
(a) impoverished (b) Pacify
(b) misery (c) Peace
(c) Solitude (d) Destruction
(c) Mystery 11. METICULOUS
5. Many of songs in Hindi films are full of (a) Mutual
innuendos. (b) Shaggy
(a) Moral (c) Meretricious
(b) information (d) Slovenly
(c) message 12. STRINGENT
(d) hint (a) General
6. His laconic answer failed to reveal his (b) Vehement
emotions. (c) Lenient
(a) Dull (d) Magnanimous
13. SWARTHY R: sales of desktops have come down
(a) Dark S: laptops in market
(b) Fair (a) PRQS (b) SRQP (C) QPSR (D) QSPR
(c) Salute 21.
(d) Punish P: recession
14. ABHORRENCE Q:is to hit
(a) Apprehensions R: again
(c) Appreciation S: South Asian markets
(b) Aversion (a) PQRS (B) SRQP (C) QPSR (D) QSPR
(d) Liking 22.
15. GYRATE P: truth of
(a) Whirl(d) Fix(c) Twirl(b) Rotate Q: reflect only half
16. CONGRUITY R: the life
(a) Disagreement(b) Irregularity S: films
(c) Mismatch(d) Inconsistency (A) PSRO
Directions (Q.Nos. 17-22) In the following (b) SQRP
items, some parts of sentence have been (C) SQPR
jumbled up. You are required to D) RQPS
rearrange these parts which are labelled Directions (Q. Nos. 23-32) A part of the
as P, Q, R and S to produce the correct sentence is underlined. Below are given
sentence. Choose proper sequence and alternatives to the underlined part (a),
mark in your answer sheet. (b), (c) which may improve the sentence.
17. Choose
P: our freedom the correct alternative. In case no
Q: but no one seems Improvement is needed choose option
R to care about it (d).
S: was hard earned 23. He threatened that he would shoot me
(a) PQRS (b) PSQR (c) QRPS (d) QRSP unless. I didn’t obey his order.
18. (a) if
P: my pregnant wife was hospitalized (b) whether
Q: months of treatment (c) if not
R: but bill seems to be for (d) No improvement
S: for three days only 24. There is no question of denying the fact
(a) PSRQ (b) PSQR (c) PQRS (d) PRSQ that Malcolm cheated me.
19. (a) no denying the fact
P: Big Boss is (b) no denial the fact
Q: a popular television (c) no way to deny the fact
R: show which is not (d) No improvement
S:so popular among youth 25. In the United States more than 30,000
(a) PQRS (b) PRQS (c) SQRP (d) RSPQ people die every year in car accidents
20. and hundreds of thousands more
P: the introduction of are suffering personal injury.
Q: with (a) were suffering
 (c) suffer appropriate word. Four alternatives are
(b) suffered suggested for each question. Choose the
(d) No improvement correct alternative out of the fouralternatives.
26. The Romans perfected the art of building 33. How did these things come......?
arch bridges and were building them (a) about
throughout the Roman Empire. (c) at
behavior. (b) into
(a) had been building (d) down
(b) builded 34. Our new digital photo print machine, the
(c) built manual......is lost a waits to be set up
(d) No improvement properly.
27. Her mother could not help but cry at her (a) of what
son's behavior. (b) Where
(a) crying (c) of which
(b) cried (d) of whom
(c) cries 35. Ramu is in the habit of revising just once,
(d) No improvement but Suresh never understands a subject
28. The police are trying to solve the murder ........ he revises it for at least four times.
mystery. (a) in case
(a) had been (b) thus
(b) were (c) although
(c) is (d) unless
(d) No improvement 36. The old man ......... to be a very good
29. I don't want to disturb you, please get friend of my mother.
with your work. (a) turned in
(a) get on with (b) turned
(d) get over with (c) turned into
(c) get up with (d) Turned out
(d) No improvement 37. Had I saved money, I ......... a new car.
30. Kirti assured Anita that she would look (a) Will purchase
at her work while she was on leave. (b) Would purchase
(a) would overlook (c) Would have purchased
(b) would look before (d) Purchased
(c) would look after 38. He decided to ......his examination to get
(d) No improvement good marks.
31. I congratulate you for your success in the (a) redo
examination. (b) revisit
(a) are comfortable (c) rewrite
(b) could be comfortable (d) rewrote
(c) was comfortable 39. I can't make ends......on my small salary.
(d) No improvement (a) meet
Directions (Q. Nos. 33-40) Sentences are (b) team
given with blanks to be filled in with an (c) creep
 (d) Wheat 1. The sacred books of the Jainas are
40. Namrata has ........manners. known as Siddhartha or Agama.
2. The language of the earliest Jain texts is
(a) importunate Eastern dialect of Pali known as
(b) impoverished Ardha Magadhi.
(c) immense Which of the statements given above
(d) impeccable is/are correct?
(a) Only 1
Directions (Q. Nos, 41-50) you have been
(b) Only 2
given a sentence in which there is some (c) Both l and 2
error. You are required to find out that (d) Neither 1 nor 2
part of sentence and mark it as your 52. Who propounded the motto "Go back to
answer on the answer sheet. Error may the Vedas"?
(a) Mul Shankar
be related to grammar, construction, (b) BG Tilak
usage or anything else. (c) Vishnu Shastri Bapat
41. If my father (a)/will approve (b)/1 will (d) Narendra Nath Datta
go to Mumbai. (c)/No error (d) 53. Exfoliation weathering is related with
(a) active chemical reaction within the
42. Bread and butter (a)/is (b)/wholesome rocks
food. (c)/No error (d) (b) hot arid and semi-arid regions and
43. It is high time (a)/that we send (b) /the monsoon lands
answer. (c)/No error (d) (c) hot and warm deserts
(d) cold climate
44. The angry man ran hurriedly (a) /into 54. Consider the following statements
crowded room (b)/and shouted loud at 1. Humidity is a measure of dampness of
the guests. (c)/No error (d) the atmosphere which varies greatly from
45. Interviews for (a)/the posts of lecturer place to place at different times of the day.
2. The ratio between the actual amount of
will (b)/begin from Monday. (c)/No
watervapour and the total amount the air
error (d) can hold at a given temperature, expressed
46. The officer asked the clerk (a)/whether as a percentage iscalled absolute humidity.
he has (b)/finished his work. (c)/No 3. The instrument for measuring absolute
error (d) humidity is the Hygrometer.
Which of the statement(s) given above
47. What will happen (a)/suppose if we do is/are correct?
not (b)/meet him there? (c)/No error (d) (a) Only 1
48. The more you (a)/beat him with the stick (b) 1 and 2
(b)/he will shout more. (c)/No error (d) (c) 2 and 3
(d) All of these
49. If I will have time (a)/I shall try to make 55. What is Ferrel's law?
it (b)/to the zoo this afternoon. (c)/ (a) The movement of wind from the high-
No error (d) pressure belt to the low-pressure belt
50. I suppose (a)/you heard the latest news (b) The Coriolis Force along the equator
(c) The deflection of winds to left in the
(b)/John hasmarried that girl. (c)/ Northern hemisphere and right in the
No error (d) Southern hemisphere due to the
rotation of the Earth
(d) None of the above
Part-B (General Studies) 56. Match the following
51. Consider the following statements LIST-1 LIST-2
relating to Jainliterature (Word Heritage sites) (States)
A. Brihadisvara Temple 1. Maharashtra
B. Ellora Caves 2. Karnataka
 C. Hampi 3. Tamil Nadu (c) 1,3, 2, 4
D. Mahabodhi Temple 4. Bihar (d) 4, 3, 2,1
Codes:- 61. Which one of the following is not correct?
A B C D (a) The outer core of Earth is in liquid
(a) 4 1 2 3 state, whereas the inner core is
(b) 4 2 1 3 (b) Barysphere comprises of
(c) 3 2 1 4 Asthenosphere
(d) 3 1 2 4 (c) Pelitic rocks are derived from
57. Select the incorrect statements. mudstone (shale)
1. Nylone is polyesters. (d) The continental theory was
2. Dacron is a synthetics polymer. propounded by Wegener
3. Artificial silk is a protein. 62. Consider the following statements
4. Bubble gum consist styrene butadiene 1. The equatorial low-pressure belt is the
rubber. Zone of wind divergence.
Select the incorrect statements using the 2. The sub-tropical high-pressure belt is
codes given below frequently referred to as the horse
(a) 1, 2 and 3 latitudes.
(b) 1 and 3 3. The sub-tropical low-pressure area
(c) 2, 3 and 4 Developed over oceans.
(d) 3 and 4 4. The sub-tropical high-pressure belt is
58. Which of the following is listed in the the region of ascending air current
residuary powers of the Constitution of and anticyclones.
India? Which of the statements given above are
(a) Cyber laws correct?
(b) Transfer of property other than (a) 1 and 2
agricultural land (b) 3 and4 (c) 2 and3 (d) 1 and4
(c) Livestock and animal husbandry 63. Consider the following statements
(d) Banking 1. Temperature decides the moisture
59. Consider the following statements with Carrying Capacity of the air.
reference to the Coral Reefs 2. Temperature governs the degree of
1. They are confined between 25° N to 25° Stability of the atmosphere.
S latitude 3. Relative humidity is directly related to
2. They are mainly found in the Tropical the temperature of the air.
Ocean. 4. Temperature affect the nature and types
3. They required a temperature of 68° F to of Cloud formation and precipitation.
70° F, Which of the statements given above are
4. They live in deep water. Correct?
Which of the statement(s) given above (a) 3 and 4
is/are correct? (b) 1,2 and 3
(a) Only 1 (c) 1 and2
(b) 1,2, and 3 (d) All of these
(c) 1 and 2 64. Consider the following statements:
(d) All of these 1. These are confined to temperature
60. Arrange the following tropical forest latitude.
groups in the correct order of sequence 2. The lowest pressure is in the center.
based on area covered in India beginning 3. Winds blow inwards into region in the
from the largest covered area center.
1. Moist deciduous 4. Front are developed and condensation
2. Dry deciduous take Place, forming either rain, snow or
3. Wet evergreen sleet.
4. Semi-evergreen Which of the statements given above are
The correct sequence is correct with reference to the cyclones?
(a) 1,2, 3, 4 (a) 1 and 4
(b) 3, 4, 2, 1 (b) 2, 3 and 4
 (c) 3 and 4 C. LAMITYE 3. India and Japan
(d) All of these D. Naseem Al Bahr 4. Joint Navy
65. Consider the following statements exercise of India
1. The reduction of surface water and Oman.
temperature of ocean is constant from 69. Consider the following statements about
equator to the ward pole. Harappan Civilization
2. The highest water temperature are 1. Plowed fields are found in Kalibanga
found in enclosed seas in the tropics. 2. The people of Lothai used to cultivate
3. The annual range of temperature of rice.
ocean is very high. 3. Knitted cotton has been recovered
4. Like landmasses, Ocean water varies Mohenjodaro.
temperature from place to place both 4. Dilmun and Makan were trading
at the surface and at greater depths. stations.
Which of the statements given above 5. Wheat, barley, rye, peas, sesame and
are correct? Mountisters were the main producers of
(a) 1,2 and 3 Indus. People.
(b) 2,3 and 4 Which of the statements given above is
(c) 2 and 4 correct?
(d) 3 and 4 (a) 1 and 2
66. Consider the following statements: (b) 2 and 4
1. Wind is air in motion and has both (c) 1 and 3
direction and speed. (d) All of these
2. The instrument widely used for 70. Consider the following statements
measuring wind direction is weather 1. Mention of Chandragupta in
clock. Megasthenes' Indica
3. Winds are always named from. the Sandrocottus and Maurya as
direction they blow. contemporary
4. The speed of wind is usually measured Alexander the Great.
by an anemometer. 2. Chinese travelers Fa-hien and Xuanzang
Which of the statements given above are happily
correct? Visited India during the reign
(a) 1 and 3 and secret respectively.
(b) 1 and 4 Which of the statements given above
(c) 2 and 4 is/are
(d) All of these Correct?
67. Which one of the following statements is (a) only 1
correct with respect to Cirro-Cumulus (b) only 2
cloud? (c) Both 1 and 2
(a) This looks fibrous and appears like (d) Neither 1 nor 2
wisp in the blue sky 71. century means
(b) This appear as white globular masses, (a) A coin of the Maurya period
forming ripples in a ‘mackerel sky' (b) a type of cloth
(c) The Sun or Moon shines through it with (c) A play by Kalidas
a characteristic 'halo' (d) A trading center in North India
(d) This is wooly, bumpy cloud arranged in 72. Which expenditure is not included in
layers and appearing like waves in the revenue expenditure?
blue sky. (a) defense
68. Which of the following is correctly not (b) subsidy
matched? (c) interest on payment
LIST-1 LIST-2 (d) Loan to the state government
(Army joint exercises) (Participant country) 73. Consider the following statements
A. Mitra Shakti 1. India and shri 1. If the real exchange rate is equal to one,
Lanka Currencies are purchasing power parity.
B. Surya Kiran 2. India and Nepal
 2. The real exchange rate is often taken as (c) Concurrent List: Education, forest,
a measure of country’s international trade unions, marriage, adoption and
succession
competitiveness. Which of the (d) All are correctly matched
statement(s) given above is/are 77. Consider the following statements
correct? 1. Prime Minister is the most important
(a) Only 1 political institution in the country.
(b) Only 2 2. Cabinet Ministers are Incharge of the
major ministries and constitutes the
(c) Both 1 and 2
inner ring of the Council of
(d) Neither 1 nor 2 Ministers.
74. Match the following 3. Ministers of State with independent
LIST-1 LIST-2 charge are usually Incharge of
(Name of the Shipyard) (Location) smaller ministries and participate in
the cabinet meeting only when
A. Hindustan Shipyard Limited 1. Kolkata
specially invited.
B. Garden Reach Shipbuilders
4. Ministers of State are attached to and
And Engineers Limited 2. Vasco-da ma
required to assist Cabinet Ministers.
C. Goa shipyard limited 3. Mumbai
They do not participate in cabinet
D. Mazagaon Dock limited
meetings.
4.Vishakhapatnam
Which of the statements given above are
Code:-
correct?
A B C D
(a) 1 and 2
(a) 4 2 1 3
(b) 2 and 3
(b) 3 1 2 4
(c) 2,3 and 4
(c) 4 1 2 3
(d) All of these
(d) 3 2 1 4
78. The first Prime Minister of India in 1947
75. Consider the following statements about
was appointed by
National Human Rights Commission
(a) the Governor General
Which of the following is/are correct?
(b) the President of India
(a) The Commission is appointed by the
(c) Mahatma Gandhi
President and includes retired judges,
(d) a committee headed by Dr Rajendra
officers and eminent citizens
Prasad
(b) NHRC includes all the rights granted
to the citizens by the Constitution and 79. Which one among the following pairs is
the human rights mentioned in the not correctly matched?
unsponsored international treaties (a) Union List: Banking
that India has signed (b) State List: Agriculture
(c) NHRC can summon witnesses,
(c) Concurrent List: Marriage
question any government official,
demand any official paper, visit any (d) Residuary List: Education
prison for inspection or send its own 80. Consider the following statements about
team for on the spot inquiry but INS Karuva
cannot punish the guilty
1. It’s a Water Jet Fast Attack Craft
(d) All of the above
76. Which of the following is not correctly commissioned at the
matched? Vishakhapatnam naval base.
(a) Union List: Defence, foreign affairs, 2. It is built by Garden Reach
banking. Communications and Shipbuilders and Engineers of
currency
(b) State List: Police, trade, commerce, Kolkata.
agriculture and irrigation
 3. It was commissioned by Commander 2. He helped to found the New English
in Chief of the strategic forces school, which later became the
command, Air Marshal KJ Mathews. Fergussan College.
Which of the statement (s) given above 3. He edited the newspaper Mahratta in
is/are correct? Marathi and Kesari in English.
(a) Only 2 (b) 1 and 2 4. He initiated a no tax campaign in
(c) 2 and3 Maharashtra.
(d) All of these Select the correct answer using the codes
81. Consider the following statements about given below
Lakshya 2 (a) 2 and4
1. It is the latest variant of pilot-less (b) 1,2 and 4
target aircraft being developed by (c) 2.3 and 4
ADE, a unit of DRDO. (d) All of these
2. The system has been designed so that 85. "Instead of collecting land revenue at a
two Lakshya targets can be flown fixed rate, he Mughal Government began
and controlled by the common to contract with the revenue farmers and
ground control station. middlemen to pay the Government a
(a) Only 1 fixed amount of money while they were
(b) Only 2 left free to collect whatever they could
(c) Both 1 and 2 from the peasant" To which system the
(d) Neither 1 nor 2 above passage is referring to?
82. Who said: "The bureaucracy was (a) Jakat
growing frankly selfish and openly (b)ljarah
hostile to national aspirations"? (c) Jizyah
Which of the statement (s) given above (d) Chauth
is/are correct? 86. Match the following
(a) Aurobindo Ghosh LIST-1 LIST-2
(b) Gopal Krishna Gokhale A. A law was passed making it
(c) Dada Bhai Naorojl An offence to excite feelings of 1. 1899
(d) Badruddin Tyabji Disaffection towards the Foreign
83. Who said: "The only hope of India is Government
from the masses. The upper classes re B. Natu brothers were deported without
physically and morally dead." being tried 2. 1898
(a) Swami Vivekananda C. Indian official secrets act was passed
(b) Rabindranath Tagore restricting the freedom of press
(c) Annie Besant 3. 1897
(d) Mahatma Gandhi D. The number of Indian members in
84. Which of the following statements Calcutta corporation was reduced
regarding LokmanyaTilak is not correct? 4. 1904
1. He represented the Militant Codes:-
Nationalist school of thought of A B C D
Vishnushastri Chiplunkar. (a) 2 1 4 3
(b) 2 3 4 1
 (c) 1 4 2 3 1. It consists of 15 members, 5
(d) 1 2 3 4 permanent and 10non-permanent
87. The next question is based on the members elected for a 2 year term
passage given below by a two thirds majority of the
Fundamental Rights are protected and General Assembly.
guaranteed by the Constitution of the 2. The presidency of the Security Council
country. Ordinary rights may be changed is held for one month in rotation by
by the legislature by ordinary process of the member states in the English
law making, but a Fundamental Right alphabetical order of their names.
may only be changed by amending the Which of the statement(s) given above
Constitution itself. Constitution protects is/are correct?
the Fundamental Rights of a citizen (a) Only 1
through (b) Only 2
(a) Right to Constitutional remedies (c) Both 1 and 2
(b) Ordinance (d) Neither 1 nor 2
(c) Judicial review 91. Indigo Cultivation in India was called a
(d) Judicial activism 'Predial Slavery' because the peasants
88. Consider the following statements with were forced to
reference to the Bharat Ratna (a) cultivate indigo and accept the
1. It was conferred upon noted dictated price
Hindustani Classical vocalist Pandit (b) work on indigo farms as bonded
Bhimsen Joshi. labourers
2. The award was presented after a gap (c) cultivate indigo on at least one third
of seven years. of their lands
3. The last recipients of the award were (d) sell their indigo produce to the
Lata Mangeshkar and Ustad Bismila British planters only
Khan. 92. What was the single most important
4. Bhimsen is the sixth person from the difference between the previous
field of Art and Culture to get this conquerors of India and the British,
award. which had a profound effect on the
Which of the statement(s) given above Indian economy?
is/are correct? (a) They came as conquerors while
(a) Only 1 British as traders
(b) 1,2 and 3 (b) They gradually became part of Indian
(c) 1 and3 life but the British did not
(d) All of these (c) They came by land routes while the
89. First Judge in India to be impeached British via sea to establish their
(a) Justice Soumitra Sen. naval supremacy
(b) PD Dinakaran (d) They belonged to Central Asia but the
(c) Deven Sharma British being Europeans were
(d) None of these ethnically and culturally different
90. Consider the following statements about 93. Consider the following statements about
the UN Security Council World Trade Organisation
 1. It is an international body whose 4. This climate is more favourable for
purpose is to promote free trade by habitation.
persuading countries to abolish Which of the statement(s) given above
import tariffs and other barriers. is/are not correct with reference to
2. WTO covers trade in merchandise the Tropical Marine Climate?
goods, services and intellectual (a) Only 4
property rights. (b) 1 and 2
Which of the statement(s) given above (c) Only 3
is/are correct? (d) All of these
(a) Only1 97. Which one of the following metals does
(b) Only 2 not react with cold as well as hot water?
(c) Both 1 and 2 (a) Na
(d) Neither 1 nor 2 (b) Fe
94. Which of the following state is a member (c) Mg
of United Nation? (d) Fe
(a) South Sudan 98. Which one of the following is a covalent
(b) Kosovo crystal?
(c).Turkish Cyprus (a) Rock salt
(d) Vatican City (b) lce
95. Consider the following statements (c) Quartz
1. Coral triangle is an initiative of UNEP (d) Dry ice
to protect Marine Ecosystem. 99. Which among the following is (are)
2. It is an area spanning Indonesia, double displacement reaction (s)?
Malaysia, the Philippines, Papua 1. Pb+ Cu𝐶𝑙2 →Pb𝐶𝑙2 + Cu
New Guinea, Thailand and Australia. 2. 𝑁𝑎2 𝑆𝑂4 + Ba𝐶𝑙2 → 𝐵𝑎𝑆𝑂4 + 2NaCl
3. The primary criteria used to delineate 3. C+𝑂2 → 𝐶𝑂2
the Coral Triangle were high species 4. C𝐻4 + 2𝑂2 → C𝑂2 + 2𝐻2 O
biodiversity oceanography. (a) 1 and 4
Select the wrong statements (b) Only2
(a) Only 3 (c) 1 and 2
(b) 1 and 2 (d) 3 and 4
(c) All of these 100. A soap molecule has two parts a polar
(d) None of these and anon-polar. When soap is added to
96. Consider the following statements water
1. This type of climate is experienced (a) Both parts dissolve in water
along the Eastern coasts of tropical (b) Only polar part dissolves in water
lands. (c) Only non-polar part dissolves in
2. The rainfall is both Or graphic and water
convectional. (d) Both parts remain undissolved in
3. Its tendency is towards a summer water and form a hydrocarbon part
maximum as in monsoon land, with 101. Which is wrong about cement?
a distinct dry period. (a) No free lime is present in cement
(b) Clinker does not contain gypsum
 (c) Setting of cement is an exothermic A B C D
reaction (a) 2 3 1 4
(d) Cement with excess calcium oxide (b) 2 3 4 1
cracks on setting (c) 3 2 1 4
(c) 1 and 2 (d) 2 1 4 3
102. Sodium metal should be stored in 108. What is rust ?
(a) kerosene oil (a) 𝐹𝑒3 𝑂4
(b) alcohol (b) 𝐹𝑒2 𝑂3
(c) water (c) 𝐹𝑒2 𝑂3 × 𝐻2 𝑂
(d) Hydrochloric acid (d) 𝐹𝑒3 𝑂4 × 𝐻2 𝑂
103. The process in which the ore is heated in 109. When amylases catalyses the hydrolysis
excess of air below its melting point is of starch, the final product obtained is
known as chiefly
(a) roasting (b) calcination (a) cellobiose (b) glucose (c) maltose
(c) reduction (d) distillation (d) sucrose
104. The alloy obtained by mixing aluminum 110. Which of the following may
and magnesium metals, is called biodegradable?
(a) steel (a) Cellulose
(b) nichrome (b) Soap
(c) Magnesium (c) Detergent
(d) Alnico (d) Sodium citrate
105. An aqueous solution has hydrogen ion 111. Which of the following statement isfalse?
concentration1.0 x 10−10 mol 𝐿−1 Which (a) Photochemical smog causes irritation
of the following statementsis true for this in eyes
solution? (b) London smog is a mixture of smoke
(a) pH= 10 and fog
(b) Solution is basic (c) Photochemical smog results in the
(c) On adding 1M HCl, the pH will formation of PAN
decrease (d) London smogis oxidizing in nature
(d) All of the above 112. Percentage of gold in Fool's gold is
106. The chemical formula of ethanol is (a) Zero
(a) 𝐶2 𝐻5 OH (b) 8
(b) CaC𝑂3 (c) 10
(c) Ca𝐶𝑙2 (d) 20
(d) CaOCI 113. Which of the following bonds is the
107. Match the List 1 with List 2 strongest?
LIST-1 LIST-2 (a) F-F
(Compound) (Formula) (b) CI-CI
A. Plaster of pairs Ca(𝑂𝐻)2 (c) I-I
B. Gypsum
1
Ca𝑆𝑂4 .2 𝐻2 𝑂 (d) Br- Br
114. When a lead storage battery isdischarged
C. Lime Ca𝑆𝑂4 .2𝐻2 𝑂
(a) SO, is evolved
D. Lime water CaO
(b) 𝑃𝑏𝑆𝑂4 is consumed
 (c) lead is formed (a) conservation of energy
(d) 𝐻2 SO4 is consumed (b) conservation of mass
(c) conservation of momentum
115. On heating with conc. 𝐻2 SO4 sucrose (d) conservation of angular momentum
gives 121. The dimensions of angular acceleration
(a) CO and C𝑂2 is
(b) CO and S𝑂2 (a) 𝑀0 𝐿0 𝑇 −2
(c) CO, C𝑂2 and S𝑂2 (b) 𝑀0 𝐿𝑇 −2
(d) None of these (c) 𝑀0 𝐿𝑇 −1
116. Consider the following statements (d) 𝑀𝐿𝑇 −2
regarding radioactive substances. 122. A bullet weighing 10 g and moving at
0.693
1. Half-life periods (𝑡1 ) = 𝜏
where 𝜏 is 300 m/s strikes a 5 kg block of ice and
2
average life. drops dead. If the ice block ison
1 frictionless level, the speed of the ice
2. Average life (𝜏) = ,where, 𝜆 is
𝜆 block after the collision is
disintegration constant . (a) 6 m/s
3. 1 Curie =3.7 x1010 d𝑠 −1 (b) 60 m/s
Select the correct answer using the codes (c) 10 m/s
given below. (d) 3 m/s
(a) 1 and 3 123. A radio station broadcast at 30 m
(b) 2 and 3 wavelength. The frequency of broadcast
(c) 1 and 2 is
(d) Only 3 (a) 105 Hz
117. If two persons talk at the surface of the (b) 106 Hz
moon, then they can
(c) 109 Hz
(a) not hear the sound of each other
(d) 107 Hz
(b) hear the sound of each other within
124. A magnet makes 3 oscillations per
no time
minute in the earth’s magnetic field (H=
(c) hear the sound of each other in more
0.3 units). By what amount the field
time than on the earth
should be increased, so that the magnet
(d) hear the same sound again and again
may make 6 oscillations per minute?
118. A particle of mass m strikes a wall
(a) 0.3 units
normally with velocity and returns with
(b) 0.6 units
its velocity reversed. Then the change in
(c) 0.9 units
its momentum is
(d) 1.2 units
(a) Zero
125. Gauss is the unit of
(b) mu
(a) magnetic flux
(c) 2mu
(b) magnetic induction
(d) -2mu
(c) magnetic flux density
119. Which one of the following have a
derived unit? (d) None of these
(a) Mass 126. The atmosphere is held to the earth by
(b) Length (a) gravity
(c) Velocity (b) clouds
(d) Time
(c) winds
120. A jet engine works on the principle of
 (d) the rotation of the earth A. Rate of cooling ∝ temperature
127. Parallel rays of light are focused by a thin deference. 1.Wien’s law
convex lens. A thin concave lens of same B. Good absorber is a good emitter
Of radiation 2. Stefen’s law
focal length is then joined to the convex
C. Radiant power ∝ 𝑇 4 3. Kirchhoff’s law
lens and as a result the
D. Spectral wavelength of maximum
(a) focal point does not shift at all 1
Intensity, 𝜆𝑚 ∝ 4. Newton’s law
(b) focal point shift to infinity 𝑇
Codes
(c) focal point shift away from the lens by
A B C D
a small distance
(a) 4 3 1 2
(d) focal point shift towards the lens by a (b) 3 4 1 2
small distance (c) 4 3 2 1
128. X-rays were discovered by (d) 3 4 2 1
(a) Becquerel 134. Match the entries of List 1 to the entries List2
(b) Rontgen LIST-1 LIST-2
(c) Madam Curier A. Heat added to the system 1. w< 0 (i.e. -ve)
(d) Van Laue B. Heat removed from the system
129. Which property of wood charcoal is 2. w> 0 (i.e., +ve)
useful in making gas masks? C. Work done by the system 3. q< 0 (i.e -ve)
D. Work done on the system 4. q> 0 (i.e +ve)
(a) Black Colour
Codes: -
(b) Porous
A B C D
(c) Good adsorbent (a) 4 3 2 1
(d) Heavier than water (b) 1 2 3 4
130. Dry ice is (c) 2 1 3 4
(a) Solid ice without water (d) 3 1 4 3
(b) Solid carbon dioxide 135. Match the entries of List 1 to the entries of
(d) Solid sulphur dioxide List 2.
(d) Solid benzene LIST -1 LIST-2
131. If two bulbs of 25 W and 100 W rated at A Force 1. Joule
200 V are connected in series across a B. Electric current 2. Newton
C. Absolute temperature 3. Ampere
440 V supply, then
D. Potential energy 4. Kelvin
(a) 100 W bulb will fuse
Codes:-
(b) 25 W bulb will fuse A B C D
(c) None of the bulb will fuse (a) 2 3 4 1
(d) the temperature will increase (b) 1 2 3 4
132. In a given process of an ideal gas, dw = 0 (c) 4 3 1 2
and dQ< 0. 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛, 𝑓𝑜𝑟 the gas (d) 3 4 1 2
(a) temperature 136. A spaceship while entering the earth's
(b) the volume will increase atmosphere is likely to catch fire because
(c) the pressure will remain constant (a) the temperature of upper atmosphere
(d) the temperature will increase is very high
133. Match the entries of List-1 to the entries (b) spaceship experiences air friction
of List-2. (c) Both (a) and (b)
LIST-1 LIST-2 (d) Neither (a) nor (b)
137. Which one of the following can be used (a) kidney
as an acid-base indicator by a visually (b) lungs
impaired student? (c) heart
(a) Litmus (d) brain
(b) Turmeric 144. Consider the following statements
(c) Vanilla essence 1. Dengue is a protozoan disease
(d) Petunia leaves transmitted by mosquitoes.
138. The length of a simple pendulum is 2. Retro orbital pain is not a symptom of
increased by4% then, dengue.
(a) corresponding time will remain same 3. Skin rash and bleeding from nose and
(b) there will be decrease in time by 2% gums are some of the symptoms of
(c) there will be increase in time by 2% dengue.
(d) can't predict Which of the statements given above
139. A null vector is/are correct?
(a) has no magnitude as well as direction (a) 1 and2
(b) has zero magnitude and an arbitrary (b) Only 3
direction (c) 1, 2 and 3
(c) doesn't exist (d) 2 and3
(d) has negative magnitude and an Directions (Q. Nos. 145-146) the following
arbitrary direction questions consist of two statements,
140. Work done by a frictional force is Statement I and Statement 2. You are to
(a) zero Examine these two statements carefully
(b) positive and select the answer using the codes
(c) negative given below.
(d) All of these (a) Both the statements are individually
141. Consider the following terms true and Statement 2is correct
1. RBCs explanation of Statement 1.
2. WBCs (b) Both the statements are individually
3. Plasma true but Statement 2is not the
4. Serum correct explanation of Statement 1.
Which of the above are considered as the (c) Statement 1 is true but Statement 2 is
constituents of blood? false.
(a) 1,2 and 4 (d) Statement 1 is false but Statement 2
(b) 1 and 2 is true.
(c) 2, 3 and 4 145. Statement1 Myoglobin of muscle bears
(d) All of these an iron containing haeme group capable
142. Antigen is a substance which of combining reversibly with
(a) destroys harmful bacteria Statement 2 Myoglobin is made up of a
(b) is used to treat poisoning monomericpolypeptide chain without
(c) lowers body temperature tertiary structure.
(d) stimulates formation of antibody 146. Statement 1 Prokaryotic cells proliferate
143. Biological death of a patient means death at a high rate than eukaryotes.
of tissues of
 Statement 2 In prokaryotes there is no
condensation of chromosomes, no
spindle apparatus formation and they
follow a simple duplication and
separation of DNA.
147. Presbyopia is a visual defect caused by
(a) elongation of the eye ball
(b) shortened curvature of the eye lens
(c) weakening of the ciliary muscles
(d) gradually increasing flexibility of the
eye lens
148. Which one among the following animals
does not undergo periodic moulting of
their external body covering?
(a) Cockroach
(b) Cobra
(c) Earthworm
(d) Dragonfly
149. Which one among the following organs
in humans is not involved in elicitation of
immune response?
(a) Thymus
(b) Brain
(c) Spleen
(d) Lymph Nodes
150. From which part of turmeric, is the
turmeric powder obtained?
(a) Dried rhizome
(b) Dried root
(c) Dried fruit
(d) Seed